I Just Happened To Be

I just happened to be.
I see that now.
This does not mean there is any less ever-present love.
I exist because of the sun and the air and the dance of creation.
I was not born for a reason.
I was born in a season of human being.
This does not make me special.
I merely chanced onto this blessing.
This does not make me any less responsible.
It means gratitude and giving, praise and humility.
It means living and loving, recognizing beauty and joy.
For that's the energy we can give to on-going creation,
To help it enter into the next evolution.

Seismic Shifts

The seismic shift of the recent earthquake in Japan was so powerful that the earth’s axis was slightly altered.  Such a physical shock and emotional toll has shifted sensibility, as well, in millions of lives, and, hopefully a positive shift in the global reach toward wholeness.  As I write, we do not yet know the full extent of the damage, nor the outcome of the nuclear power plants.

I feel humbled by the earth; this living organism that sustains us.  I feel unnerved by the unpredictable rhythm of transformation and the randomness of our life-times.  It is all one – life and death.  It is all a part of the system of being we find ourselves in.  It’s all fragile and awe-inspiring, exhilarating and heart-breaking.  Life can change irrevocably in an instant.  Sometimes that is a welcomed liberation.  Sometimes it begins a journey of grieving.

In all of this, though, in our lack of ultimate control, we have within a steady  ground of being.  We have a deep, unbroken connection with life everlasting, the eternity that changes form but not  essence.  This eternity, this being that flows through life and death, devastation and rebuilding, transformation and creation, is the life heralded by Spring.  It is the life known through Easter tide and Passover celebration.  It is the life that transcends death, it is the worthiness of this endeavor of being.

May we celebrate our days, love our connections, heal our brokenness and embrace our lives in their fullness.

Shed The Drama of Me

In order for all to be well
I have to shed the drama of "me".
This does not make me irrelevant,
But One with all Being.
It does not dull the senses,
But opens the self to Now.
It does not take away my beauty,
But welcomes me into wonder.

Morning Meditation

I greet myself this morning
With a friendly compassion,
Holding moments of imperfection
In a gentle forgiveness.

I release all shame and blame
In the grey mist of transformation,
As the presence of love rises within
To bring me to fullness.